Writing for the three justices who denied the state’s request to reinstate the law, Justice Thomas Waterman said granting that request would mean bypassing the legislature, changing the standard for how the court reviews laws and then dissolving an injunction enacted by a lower court that blocked the law.Ĭourts have put enforcement of several abortion bans and restrictions on hold while they consider whether they comply with state constitutions, including six currently paused. The law contains exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, incest and fetal abnormality. The blocked law bans abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant. Supreme Court - determined that women do not have a fundamental constitutional right to abortion.
The latest ruling comes roughly a year after the same body - and the U.S. In a rare 3-3 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a 2019 district court ruling that blocked the law. Kim Reynolds and, for now, keeping the conservative state from joining others with strict abortion limits. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Abortion will remain legal in Iowa after the state’s high court declined Friday to reinstate a law that would have largely banned the procedure, rebuffing Republican Gov.
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